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FBR notifies 4pc advance tax on int’l air tickets
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) notified all the airlines to collect advance tax on air tickets for international...
FBR Chairman Bajwa seeks list of seized vehicles from all collectorates
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa has sought all model customs collectorates to provide the details...
FBR fails in issuing tax cards
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has failed in meeting the deadline of September 15 for the issuance of...
Govt eyes to get $1.10 billion from IMF in December
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to get fourth and fifth tranche of loan from International Monetary Fund (IMF) all together in...
FBR HRIS lacks CNICs of 18 officers
ISLAMABAD: The Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC) numbers of 18 FBR officers including two BPS-20 and five BPS-19 officers are...
FBR likely to allow ANF checking of inbound cargos at dry, sea ports
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is likely to allow Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) inspection of inbound cargo containers at dry...
Traders seek govt permission to import textile machinery from India
ISLAMABAD: Traders and textile groups have asked the federal commerce ministry to allow them imports textile machinery from India. As...
PM takes notice of overbilling, electricity theft
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken the notice of overbilling and theft of electricity and established a special committee...
ANF destroys Rs8 billion drugs in 9 months
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) destroyed drugs worth Rs8 billion during the current year so far which is highest-ever quantity...
114 senior FBR officers have no income tax registration
ISLAMABAD: At least 114 senior officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), from BPS 17 to 20, are not...
PM, cabinet assure support to Bajwa on tax collections
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif instructed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa to start crackdown on...
Bajwa, US councillor meeting cancelled due to Imran, Qadri sit-ins
ISLAMABAD: The meeting between Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa and economic councillor of US Embassy has been cancelled...
Bajwa, UK official to discuss roadmap to improve taxation
ISLAMABAD: The representative of UK Department for International Development (DFID) will meet Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa...
Govt seeks parliament nod to give market access to India
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to forward Non-Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) – a term coined after Most Favoured Nation...
Ex-CEO Hamdani owns TCS building
ISLAMABAD: The customs authorities have learnt that former TCS CEO Saqib Hamdani has the ownership of the main building of...
FBR transfers five officers of grade 17-20
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred five officers of Pakistan Customs Service (BS 17-20) with immediate effect. As...
FBR to devolve powers to act against ‘black sheep’
ISLAMABAD: The Board in Council of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), on suggestion of Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan,...
Govt to take exports to $50b by 2018: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Adverse political relations between India and Pakistan have stopped the Commerce Minister and Commerce Secretary from attending ‘Aalishan Pakistan:...
ANF recovers narcotics worth Rs 1.24 billion in 8 raids
ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered drugs worth Rs 1.24 billion during eight operations at Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Mianwali, Peshawar, Khyber Agency...
TCS, Smart Zone multi-billion smuggling case hearing put off
ISLAMABAD: A special court headed by Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Customs Judge Muhammad Ahmad Farooqi has postponed the hearing of...
